Ships from which of the following countries have to cross the Strait of Hormuz to reach out to the Indian Ocean ?
- 1.Bahrain
- 2.Syria
- 3.Qatar
- 4.Egypt
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Answer: B. Bahrain and Qatar lie inside the Persian Gulf, so their ships must pass the Strait of Hormuz to reach the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. Syria is on the Mediterranean, and Egypt reaches the Indian Ocean via the Red Sea. So 1 and 3.
Watch for: Students lump all West Asian countries together and forget Syria and Egypt are outside the Gulf.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because Syria has a Mediterranean coast and does not use Hormuz.
- C. Wrong because Syria does not need the Strait of Hormuz.
- D. Wrong because Egypt uses the Red Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb, not Hormuz.
Source to check: NCERT Class 6-8 atlas maps of West Asia; Oxford Student Atlas, map of West Asia
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